High profile medical experts representing the nation's top pain centers will come together to discuss the latest in pain research and treatment at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Academy o

Solutions to some of the nation's most pressing health problems hinge on the ability to identify which diagnostic, treatment, and prevention services work best for various patients and circumstan

'Truthiness,' according to television satirist Stephen Colbert, represents the human preference to follow our intuition despite the presence of facts or evidence. For example, the more ambiguous a

Personalizing one's nutrition for maximum health benefits is becoming increasingly important, and Texas A&M AgriLife educators plan to help health professions learn more about this trend at an upc

In response to the launch of European Commission proposals to deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy, Martin Rees, President of the Royal S

As President Bush prepares to address the top domestic and foreign policy issues facing the nation, American voters consistently cite health care as a top domestic priority. While there is much go

In an editorial published in the February issue of the Journal of Dental Research, Derek Jones, Professor Emeritus of Biomaterials, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada), and Chair of

The Stowers Institute's Proteomics Center has published a novel method of using normalized spectral counts derived from a series of affinity purifications analyzed by mass spectrometry (APMS) to g

The Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum releases the first global report on Business Coalitions - Business Coalitions Tackling AIDS: A Worldwide Review - and the ro

Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, via a nove

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) will host its first annual training conference specifically geared to young up-and-coming deaf leaders. The NAD Leadership Training Conference (

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was asked by PepsiCo to provide advice, feedback, and comments on a 60-second commercial filmed entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with open capti

Individuals with the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis are at increased risk of developing colon cancer. New data generated by Naofumi Mukaida and colleagues at Kanazawa University, Ja

The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign were presented with a £2,000 cheque from airline giant British Airways. Jay Solanki, who has recently fundraised for MDC with a Bollywood song support

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are bone marrow-derived cells that are capable of giving rise to various cell types through a process known as differentiation. Although it has been proposed that dru

For years, scientists have been trying to teach computers how to see like humans, and recent research has seemed to show computers making progress in recognizing visual objects. A new MIT study, h

New research on the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers is being presented at the 5th annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, being held January 25-27 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. Th

The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, yesterday, welcomed the news that the names of the first 4 nurse/midwife prescribers have been entered onto the Nurse Prescribers register mai

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) is pleased to announce a grant of USD 1,000,000 to the Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical

A group of computational biologists at Virginia Tech have created a mathematical model of the process that regulates cell division in a common bacterium, confirming hypotheses, providing new insig

While dental care appears to be improving among Massachusetts children, many minority and low-income children are not experiencing improvements, according to a report released Thursday by

Rwanda recently launched a male circumcision program in an effort to help reduce the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections,

The Amazing Noncollapsing U.S. Health Care System -- Is Reform Finally at Hand?

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) on Tuesday proposed a $124.3 billion budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that includes a $1 billion reduction in health care spending, the

California Senate President Pro Tempore Don Perata (D) has decided to delay until Monday a vote on compromise health care reform legislation (

Wal-Mart Stores CEO Lee Scott on Wednesday at an annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo., announced plans to begin a pilot program under which the c

Some employers are ending group health insurance coverage for workers and instead are offering employees financial contributions to purchase individual coverage -- a trend that if broadly adopte

Diabetes cost the U.S. $174 billion in 2007 in both direct care and lost productivity, an increase over $132 billion in costs related to the disease in 2006, according to a report released on Wed

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association officials on Wednesday announced a five-point proposal that seeks to expand health insurance to two-thirds of t

A $150 billion economic stimulus package being debated by lawmakers likely will not include a temporary funding increase for states' Medicaid programs because Republicans are questioning whether